Hornsey by-election, 1957
Encyclopedia
The Hornsey
by-election
of 30 May 1957 was held after the death of Conservative Party
MP
David Gammans
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The seat was safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1955
by over 12,500 votes
Hornsey (UK Parliament constituency)
Hornsey was a parliamentary constituency covering what is now the Hornsey district of North London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from the 1885 general election until it was abolished for the 1983 general election...
by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
of 30 May 1957 was held after the death of Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
David Gammans
Sir David Gammans, 1st Baronet
Sir Leonard David Gammans, 1st Baronet , known as David Gammans, was a British Conservative Party politician....
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The seat was safe, having been won at the United Kingdom general election, 1955
United Kingdom general election, 1955
The 1955 United Kingdom general election was held on 26 May 1955, four years after the previous general election. It resulted in a substantially increased majority of 60 for the Conservative government under new leader and prime minister Sir Anthony Eden against Labour Party, now in their 20th year...
by over 12,500 votes